
Mesocricetus auratus (Waterhouse, 1839). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839:57. TYPE LOCALITY: Syria, Aleppo. DISTRIBUTION: Asia Minor (Turkey) to Syria; perhaps Lebanon and Israel. COMMENT: Formerly included brandti; see Zilfian et al., 1975, [Abstr. Symp. Syst. and Cytogenet. Mamm.], Moscow, p. 18- 19. Corbet, 1978:92, and FS included brandti in this species, but stated that it may be distinct. Records from Lebanon and Israel were doubted by Atallah, 1977, Saugetierk. Mitt., 25: 320. A detailed bibliography was presented in Kittel, 1969, Z. Verzuchstierk., 11: 1 -115. The pet and laboratory strains of golden hamster were derived from this species; see Corbet, 1978:92. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008021001001.
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 426, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031
Mesocricetus, Mesocricetus auratus, Mammalia, Animalia, Rodentia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy, Cricetidae
Mesocricetus, Mesocricetus auratus, Mammalia, Animalia, Rodentia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy, Cricetidae
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